Connections with James Burke
Connections with James Burke
Connections with James Burke
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Overview
A revival of the old series
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: 2023-11-09
Runtime: Unknown
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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James Burke
James Burke
Episodes - Season 1
Seeing the Future
Seeing the Future
Episode 1
James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.
The End of Scarcity
The End of Scarcity
Episode 2
James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator–a machine that can build anything you wish for, molecule by molecule, for free. What will that mean for the value of things?
In the Net
In the Net
Episode 3
James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.
None of This is Real
None of This is Real
Episode 4
Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can’t tell machines and people apart, what will that mean for humanity?
Designer Genes
Designer Genes
Episode 5
A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Super-Human?
Limitless Energy
Limitless Energy
Episode 6
How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future with clean, limitless energy? And what will that future mean for humanity?
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